Pharmacy Technician I

Peak Vista Community Health Centers•Colorado Springs, CO

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Peak Vista Community Health Centers is a nonprofit health care organization dedicated to providing exceptional health care to individuals facing access barriers through comprehensive clinical programs and education. We offer integrated health care services, including medical, dental, and behavioral health, across our 20 outpatient health centers. Our organization is committed to a strong 'Hospitality' culture and employs over 800 individuals, serving more than 74,300 patients annually in the Pikes Peak and East Central regions of Colorado. Our service area spans 14 counties, extending from the front range to the Kansas border, with facilities throughout Colorado Springs, Fountain, Divide, Limon, and Strasburg. Peak Vista is accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc. (AAAHC).

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent education.
Minimum of 1-year experience as a Pharmacy Technician or completion of a Pharmacy Technician education program preferred.
National Pharmacy Technician Certification (CPhT) and State of Colorado Pharmacy Technician License (PHAT), or Provisional License (PHAT) required.
Basic computer skills: ability to access the intra/internet to manage timecard, review policies and procedures, and read company communications; use e-mail to communicate with co-workers, leadership, and other departments; enter and correct data, modify a workbook, format a worksheet, and use printing functions; create, run, & print a simple presentation in PowerPoint

Nice To Haves

Spanish bilingual preferred.

Responsibilities

Correctly interprets new prescriptions including drug names, dosage forms, dosage strength, medical abbreviations and quantities and the orders into the pharmacy computer systems ensuring accuracy and completeness of all information
Identifies obvious errors or omissions on new prescriptions
Has working knowledge of current PVCHC drug formulary and related policies and applies them to prescription orders entered into the Pharmacy computer system
Has working knowledge of all prescription payers accepted and applies them to new and refilled prescription orders
Runs prescription refills in the computer queue and processes them for filling
Creates prescription labels and associated paperwork to be used in filling prescriptions.
Prioritizes the order in which prescriptions are filled
Fills prescriptions in preparation to be verified by a pharmacist by pulling medication from shelf stock, mixing powder suspensions and other reconstituted drugs, using Kirby Lester or other counting machines to fill tablet and capsule prescriptions
If automated counting system is in use: retrieves counted tablets and capsules, replenishes tablets and capsules & runs associated daily reports, maintains hardware, assigns and unassigns drugs and creates labels associated with this task
Identifies drugs that need to be reordered daily
Conducts quality control by checking drug expiration dates and lot numbers
Performs inventory control by checking in the daily drug order received from the wholesaler, labeling the drug order accurately, and placing the drugs on the pharmacy stock shelves in order of expiration dates
Replaces drug stock labels on shelving units to identify drug placement.
Pulls drugs in backstock forward to the prescription counter as necessary
Creates manifests and packages prescriptions for daily delivery orders to outlying Peak Vista clinics
Returns medications not picked up into stock after 2 weeks
Initiates alerts to customers for prescriptions ready for pick up
For the medication synchronization program: enrolls eligible patients, identifies prescriptions to be filled monthly and sets up filling those prescriptions on a schedule, sends renewal to providers in advance of the patient’s med sync schedule, verifies medications that are no longer used by the patient or discontinued by the provider, synchronizes filling prescriptions based on Colorado Medicaid or Peak Vista pharmacy dates of service
Scans verified prescriptions into bins for storage and pick up by the patient
Uses patient identifiers to ascertain that the prescription selected from a bin to be sold is for the correct person
Checks in patients for Warfarin Center and Cardiovascular Risk and Diabetes Center appointments
Processes cash and credit payments for prescriptions and center appointments and conducts daily cash drop in accordance with Peak Vista processes
Answers in bound phone calls and triages them appropriately
Processes internal and external renewal requests and prior authorization requests for delivery to providers
Prepares documents for pharmacist to transfer prescriptions to and from other pharmacies
Prepares unit-of-use medications for clinic stock orders
Conducts clinic medication area inspections as assigned
Performs billing for Medicaid DME claims when needed
Promotes and demonstrates the mission, vision, and core values of Peak Vista.
Develops and maintains good working relationships with all departments, the management team, medical staff, and leadership
Embraces cultural diversity amongst ourselves and our community
Responsible for the human, financial, and material resources as well as data and information entrusted to us
Strives to deliver the best outcomes and highest quality service
Demonstrates knowledge of and adherence to the compliance plan and conflict of interest requirements
Enhances the effectiveness; efficiency and productivity of the department by contributing to, and participating in, departmental performance improvement goals
Performs other duties as assigned